Hog-feeder.



A. Y. BEDELL.

HOG FEEDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19. 1912.

1,176,193. Patented Mar. 21, 19116.

*AMELIA Y. BEDELL, 0F MARBLE ROCK, IOWA.

HUG-FEEDER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

vApplication led Juner19, 1912. Serial No. 704,606.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMELIA Y. BEDELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marble Rock, in the county of Floyd, State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hog-Feeders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

rIhis invention has special reference to stock feeders and more particularly to hog feeders, the special object of the invention residing in the provision of a relatively circular tank of novel construction which prevents the hogs from jumping into the trough of the feeder and injuring each other, such as is occasioned by the ordinary elongated hog trough.

Another object of the invention consists i of the provision of a hog feeder embodying a trough in the form of a pan receiving a tank therein for depositing the swlll or corn into the trough and around the tank as the same is devoured and in whichthe tank is constructed wherebythe same may be very economically produced.

With the above andl other objects in view, the invention consists of certain other combinationsand arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Y In the drawings Figure l is a side elevation of my improved hog feeder showing the same position as when in use. Fig. 2

r is a top plan view thereof with a portion of the cover lbroken away to more particularlv illustrate the joint between the two sections forming the tank and the feeder.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view centrally of the feeder. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 5 is a central longitudinal sectional view showing a modified structure. Figu is a cross sectional view of a still further modified form of structure.

As illustrated inFigs. 1 to 4 inclusive, my improved hog feederembodies a pan 10, the same being preferably constructed of sheet metal, the same being substantiallv circular or oval formation and being upturned fiange 13 which is raised or bent at an obtuse angle relative to the bottom portion of the pan, which bottom portion is raised or bent upwardly to provide a substantially conical portion as shown at 14 which gradually slopes ltoward the front portion of the pan and serves to feed the swill or corn by gravity thereto. The surrounding edge portion of the transverse rim 11 is rolled or bent back as shown at l5 or provided with a cast metal rim 16 so as to prevent injury to the animals throat in gaining access to the trough.

Disposed centrally within the pan is a reservoir or tank 1 7, the same being of a similar form in plan to the pan and comprising two sections of sheet metal illustrated bv the numeral 18 and each having their end portions provided with overlapped flanges 19 which are bolted together in such relation as shown at 20 to form a rigid structure. The bottom edge of `each section is provided with a plurality of semicircular openings 21 and intermediate attaching tongues2which are bent in angular direction and secured to the bottom portion `of the pan to securely anchor the tank thereon while the openings thus provided form a series of stalls around the tank or feeder from which the feed is distributed as hereinbefore specified so that one animal will be disposed at each opening and crowding and injury thereof will be prevented.

It will also be observed that the tank 17 tapers toward its bottom edge and thus forms a substantiallv hopper shaped member to further assist in the proper discharge of the feed while the upper end thereof is closed bv a cover 23 having a reinforced surrounding flange 24 to protect the device and prevent injury thereof bv the animals. The upper edge portion and an adiacent edge portion of the flange of the tank and the cover respectively, are provided with coacting recesses 25 through which the reduced end portion of a feed spout 26 which is supported in an inclined position upon a fence or partition 27 and which extends beyond one side thereof while the feeder is provided with circular end portions 11 andlatter is spaced from said fence or partition flat side portions 12. The pan. l0 is further provded with a Surrounding 11111 o1' lge permit the animal to travel around the ceder.

In order to further reinforce the'bcttom portion of the pan or trough of the feeder,

where the same is bent upwardly to form the rim, a cast metal reinforcing ring or rim 30 is fitted and secured to the interior face of the pan and provided with a 'concaved linner face 3l` which also assists the animals in feeding. It will thus heobservedl that it will be impossible for the animals to jump into the 'trough-or the feeder and :since the VsWill'or corn Wil-l be evenly distributedtinto the troughcontinuously around the tank, through the openings therein, any attempt `to crowd will result in the `animals traveling "arc-und thetrough-andinjury will be thereby avoided. It is obvious that the feed ,spout provided also greatly assists in the illing'ofthetank, since it isonly necessary to deposit the same on the spout at its enlarged portion and it Will then pass into the tank by gravity and avoid the necessity of leaning over an ordinary trough and the animals surrounding the same as is now generally done. I

In F ig. 5 of the drawings, `a modified construction is shown, in which the bottom of the tank instead of [being formed with a i plurality of tongues or attaching feet is illustrated las being formed of an integral section of cast metalfor granite, the pan being illustrated by the numeral 38 and the Copies of this patent `may be obtainediorf ve cents each, by-addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

tank by the numeral 34: While the bottom portion of the same also forms the bottom of the-tank. i

F rom the foregoing description taken in connection with the, accompanying draw- Y ings, it Will be evident that a stock or hog feeder in the form provided will very-etliciently servethe purpose for which it is designed andivill avoid the objection heretofore noted. Italso will be obviousthatthe device. embodies' a very simple' structure which greatly reduces the cost 'ofproduction of the'feeder.v i

Having thus described my invention what .Y

is claimed is: K,

A feeder comprising a pan, a hopper centered therein having its Wallformed of two sections of material each semi-elliptical in shape the ends of which overlap and are bolted together to form a rigid structure stronger at the ends-than at the` sides, a chute entering one end of the hopper at the top and vresting on onel of the-overlapped portions of the two sections, the bottom edge of saidhopper being provided .with a plurality of semicircularopenings'and vintermediate attaching tongues bent outwardly of the hopper, bolts passed through said tongues and said pan to'connect the latter to the hopper, and aremovablecover for the hopper.

In testimony whereof, mysignature, in 'presence of two Witnesses. p

I AMELIA Y. BEDELL Vitnesses:` I f Jos. WILATH, HARRI- L. ACKLEY.

Washington, vII'.).,G.? 

